Boomerang: Coast to Coaster
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Boomerang: Coast to Coaster is a steel roller coaster of shuttle design currently in use at four different Six Flags & EPR theme parks. The ride was designed and manufactured by Vekoma, and is considered as one of its boomerang models. Each coaster has one train with a capacity of 28, two across in each row. Unlike Vekoma's suspended trains, "Boomerang: Coast to Coaster" operates a sit-down design. When the coaster starts, the train is pulled backwards up the lift hill, then dropped through the loading gate through a cobra roll and then one loop. At the end of this cycle the train is pulled up the lift hill at the end of the track, then dropped once again allowing the train to go back through the loops backwards, hence the name "Boomerang: Coast to Coaster."
Design and operation[]
Originally, the coasters had a teal track & white supports. As of 2015, Six Flags Darien Lake's model still has its original colors; Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's model has teal track and yellow supports; Elitch Gardens' model has a yellow track and purple supports; and Six Flags Fiesta Texas' has teal track and orange supports.
This is the standard Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster design found at forty-three different amusement parks worldwide. It is currently operating at Six Flags Darien Lake, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Elitch Gardens and Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Six Flags). It operates at Great Escape (Six Flags) and Six Flags New England as Flashback.
List of ride locations[]
Park | Name | Opened | Status |
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Six Flags Darien Lake | Boomerang: Coast to Coaster | May 16, 1998 | Operating |
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom | Boomerang: Coast to Coaster | March 27, 1998 | Operating |
Elitch Gardens | Boomerang: Coast to Coaster | April 30, 1999 | Operating |
Six Flags Fiesta Texas | Boomerang: Coast to Coaster | March 13, 1999 | Operating |
In 2016 Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom renamed their Boomerang from Boomerang: Coast To Coaster to Flashback like the version at sister park Six Flags New England.
Gallery[]
A Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster at Darien Lake.
Boomerang Coast to Coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
See also[]
External links[]
- Operating roller coasters
- Roller coasters introduced in 1999
- Roller coasters introduced in 1998
- Steel roller coasters
- Shuttle roller coasters
- Boomerang roller coasters
- Roller coasters manufactured by Vekoma
- Roller coasters operated by Six Flags
- Roller coasters in California
- Roller coasters in Colorado
- Roller coasters in New York (state)
- Roller coasters in Texas
- Roller coasters introduced in 1997
- Six Flags Darien Lake
- Elitch Gardens Theme Park
- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
- Six Flags Fiesta Texas
- The Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor
- Roller coasters operated by Herschend Family Entertainment